Dallas Business JournalTech Titans recognized outstanding technology companies and individuals in the North Texas area who have made significant contributions to their industries at its annual awards gala at the Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West on Friday, Aug. 25.

"Each year, we continue to see amazing innovation from nominees, and this year is no different," said Bill Sproull, president and CEO, Tech Titans. "There's a reason why we're one of the best places in the country to do business. North Texas continues to produce impressive companies, individuals and organizations that lay the foundation for future growth and progress. We're proud to honor this year's award recipients and are already looking forward to the 2018 submissions!"READ MORE

Dallas Business JournalThe 2017 Fast Tech rankings were revealed Friday night at the annual Tech Titans Awards Gala.
Fast Tech recognizes the fastest growing technology, media, telecom, life sciences and clean tech companies in Dallas-Fort Worth. This ranking is compiled from nominations submitted directly to Tech Titans and independent research using public information conducted by Crowe Horwath and Comerica Bank. Companies are measured by their growth over a three-year period.READ MORE

Dallas Business JournalHenry Vo knows five minutes of curiosity can lead to a lifetime of interest in technology.
That's why students in the Richardson High School teacher's classes don't just learn computer science. They take their experiences to students at junior high and elementary schools, teaching children how to program autonomous cars and interact with virtual reality.READ MORE

Dallas Business JournalNights spent in a hotel room often find guests flipping through the lodging's television offerings, whiling away the hours with Food Network reruns or access to HBO.
But what if the newest season of "Game of Thrones" hasn't been released? Or you're in the middle of watching "House of Cards?"READ MORE

Dallas Business JournalMagaly Spector has spent nearly a decade connecting women and minorities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Spector is a Cuban immigrant and was hired in 2007 to "promote diversity of levels at all levels of the university," UTD said. She grew up in a poor family and worked her way to graduating with highest honors from high school while winning the Cuban Scholar Chess Championship.READ MORE

The Huffington PostTechnology is the buzz-word of the day, and new applications are cropping up everywhere, even in the dental field. In an industry that has traditionally been dominated by slow moving technological advances; recent years have seen an explosion in new tech applications for dentistry.
READ MORE

USA TodayThe first thing you notice when you walk into eatsa is the staff. It's almost non-existent. There's no cash register, no counter where you pick up your order at this highly automated restaurant chain. A single worker, sometimes two, mans the floor to answer questions. Customers can enter and exit, food in hand in under a couple of minutes — all without ever interacting with another human being.
READ MORE

CIOData integration represents a big issue for most enterprises especially as enterprise architecture becomes brittle and complex. CIOs and enterprise architects clearly believe they are responsible for architecture across all components of what is becoming an increasingly extended enterprise ecosystem. This includes on-premises, private cloud, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS applications and storage. In fact, Paul Wright, CIO, Vice President of Information Technology at Accuride Corporation, said “if you’re not, then who is?"READ MORE

ForbesWe claim we are in a new era of cybersecurity threats and that ransomware is the threat du jour, given how WannaCry and Petya continue to make waves. But we are also in an era of a new wave of cybersecurity regulations. When looking at the latest attacks, some would argue that the same old vulnerabilities are to blame, and that is because organizations are dragging their feet in implementing the critical security measures to protect themselves.
READ MORE

The EconomistWhen Jamel Mims teaches young, lower-income minority students in New York, he doesn't deploy traditional materials like a blackboard, a whiteboard or PowerPoint. He uses a microphone — turned up loud for politicized raps — and mobile phones with augmented-reality apps. Mims's "interactive hip-hop classroom" uses music as an entry point into discussions about politics, race, class and gender.
READ MORE

The Washington PostIn a recent episode of the caustic sitcom "Silicon Valley," the hard-luck start-up protagonists attend a big technology convention. They stumble across an app called PeaceFare, a game that lets players "build peace" on their phones by giving virtual money to virtual homeless people or virtual corn to virtual starving villagers. Launched by a rich entrepreneur to "help humanity thrive," the lone skeptic Richard snidely asks whether such an app should instead be trying to help actual people.
READ MORE